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Volume 134, Issue #12 Thursday, March 22, 2018
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THIS WEEK IN THE LOCAL
NEED A JOB? NEW CLASSIFIEDS P. 11 KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP NOTICE, P.2 OBITUARY: LYNDEN GRINNELL, P. 9 OBITUARY: CINDY WHITING, P. 9 OBITUARY: DOLORES MASON, P. 9 TAKE NOTICE! PUBLIC NOTICES P. 10 LOCAL NEWS, P.2 NEW REDSKINS FOOTBALL COACH, P.7 CHS WRESTLING & SOFTBALL, P. 7 MANCHESTER MINUTE, P. 5
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SHAMROCK SHINDIG A SMASHING SUCCESS
CHS SPRING TEAM PICS, PLACEMAKING, AND MORE!
Dorrie Blom of Clinton sang Irish songs for the St. Patrick’s Day crowd.
Saturday, March 17, 2018: The Clinton High School student group called Rachel’s Challenge may have stumbled upon a hit -- a senior prom for senior citizens they called the “Shamrock Shindig.” The group, named after Rachel Scott, the first victim of the 1999 Columbine school shootings, usually focuses on anti-bullying efforts. They also regularly join senior citizens at Clinton’s senior center, held in the basement of the United Church of Christ. An estimated 70 seniors from Clinton and beyond attended the event and enjoyed a delicious meal of lasagna, garlic bread, salad, green beans, and several dessert selections. The seniors were
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Ron Kelsey, 92, played some ragtime on the piano to the delight of the crowd.
CHS Juniors Mix Politics with Pleasure Between March 14 and 16, 2018, forty-seven Clinton High School juniors and 3 chaperones toured Washington, DC. The trip was the seventh annual one led by CHS social studies teacher Jeff Delezenne, who also had the company of CMS Principal Eric Claus and CHS Guidance Counselor Heidi Kutzley. Students in the junior class taking government or economics classes were eligible to participate. Students toured the White House, Capitol Hill, and the U.S. House of Representatives Chamber, met representative Tim Walberg, who spoke with the group for about ten minutes, and listened to a lecture in the Supreme Court courtroom. The group also toured many monuments, memorials, and museums: Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, Flight 93 National Memorial, 9/11, Air Force, FDR, Jefferson, Lincoln, WWII, Vietnam, & Korean War, Smithsonian Museums, Arlington Cemetery, and the Holocaust Museum. “We had a great time,” said Delezenne. Photo by Delezenne
New Clubhouse for Clinton Baseball The Historical Society of Clinton is asking anyone who might have old family pictures, family albums and/or school yearbooks to donate them to the Society instead of throwing them away. If you do have any of these items and want to donate them, you can contact Sharon Scott at (517) 456-7198 or Norleen Hicks at (517) 4428385
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAT STURK! Guess who’s turning
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on Wednesday, March 28? Clinton’s favorite former teacher, Pat Sturk!!! If you see her, be sure to wish her the best -she deserves it! Paid for by the Friends of Pat Sturk.
New head coach Joe Gillies is putting his heart and wallet into the Clinton varsity baseball team this year. Gillies, who has coached and help run the Clinton Little League for many years, was officially appointed to the new position only a few weeks ago. One of his first moves was to create a clubhouse for his team. He spent $3,000 out of his own pocket, building lockers with benches, installing carpet and a 55 inch flat screen monitor, even having custom made name plates for each player. Jeff Harrington helped Gillies paint and Dave Schmidt installed the monitor and security system with camera. The clubhouse is below the press box on the varsity field, next to the dugout. The space had previously been used for storage. Gillies has left some room to store equipment, but it is out of sight by design. The clubhouse isn’t the only area Gillies plans to address. He is a hands on coach who also plans to work on the field. “I’m particular about the playing surface. I’ll spend my Sundays up here taking care of the field,” Gillies said. “We have a good group: good leadership from the seniors, a big junior class, and we brought up two sophomores and one freshman,” Gillies said. He said he patterns this spread of talent across the grade levels after a strategy used by legendary local coach Al Roberts, who had successful girls softball teams for many years in Clinton.